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Published online 2 November 2009 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news.2009.1055

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The melting snows of Kilimanjaro

Glaciers crowning Africa's tallest mountain could disappear within decades.

Brian Vastag

The snows of Kilimanjaro are rapidly disappearing and will be gone by 2033, predicts the most detailed analysis yet of the iconic glaciers gracing Africa's highest peak.

In addition to shrinking in area, Kilimanjaro's glaciers are thinning from the top down, says Ohio State University's Lonnie Thompson, lead author of the new study.

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  • Noche encantada.

    Las estrellas,
    en la inmensidad
    de un cielo
    cristalino, pintan
    el ritmo de
    un sueño silente
    y también encantado
    como el verso
    del sol que
    recuerda la rima.

    Francesco Sinibaldi

    • 03 Nov, 2009
    • Posted by: Francesco Sinibaldi

  • Even without global warming the disapperance is of critical importance,to all living beings over there.
    We all like to watch the earth from the sky maybe far away from the moon from the google earth,but i think we are forgetting that we are a part of this miraculous organism we call earth,when i look i don't see borders,languages,religions,fences,differnt ethnicities;
    I see a beautiful miraculous blue ball,which signals'please pay attention to my needs,you and me we have nowhere left to go,and even if we had surely it would not have been as bautiful as here...'

    • 03 Nov, 2009
    • Posted by: burhan sevsevil